The Zadar Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Mario Livaja asks to leave Zadar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Dmitriy Tsvetkov
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zadar
Marcelo Modric was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dmitriy Tsvetkov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Fran Kasalo signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fran Kasalo and Zadar agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Matej Barisic
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matej Barisic, and the manager let it.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Luka Petkovic takes the honours
Marked 7.95 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Zadar had the best player on the pitch.
Match1 Aug 2026
Zadar share the spoils with Lucko
A 1‑1 draw with Lucko leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ante Lovren told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ante Lovren has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Zadar.